Buoyant Belles - At Droitwich Spa 1926

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Filmed at Droitwich Spa.

Girls walk around the pool edge and display the latest in swimsuits - very nice! They walk down steps into the water then float on their backs. The pool is filled with "medicinal brine water - it is 10 times stronger than the sea". A table is placed in the pool and...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
35373
Sort Number:
EP 023
Time in/Out:
01:45:11:00 / 01:48:25:00
Canister:
EP 023
Film ID:
762.18
Issue Date:

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